Deadline: February 9, 2024.

The Obama Foundation’s Leaders program aims to inspire, empower, and connect regional cohorts of changemakers to accelerate positive and lasting change in their communities and throughout their region.

These emerging leaders from around the world, generally 24-45 years old, forge societies and communities rooted in shared values, where all people belong, participate, and thrive.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The program currently invites individuals residing in all countries and territories in the continent of Africa, Asia Pacific,Eurpoe and United States.

You must meet one of the following criteria:

• Citizen of an eligible country or territory OR 
• Permanent resident of an eligible country or territory OR 
• Have lived in an eligible country or territory for at least the last 5 years, regardless of citizenship or permanent residence status 
• Your work is geographically focused on creating positive change for local communities, nation or territory, and/or the broader region. You demonstrate a strong commitment to continue to focus your work in the region.
• You can demonstrate at least 3 years of relevant experience in your issue area.
• You will be between 24 and 45 years of age on August 26, 2024.
• You are professionally proficient in spoken and written English.
• You will refrain from participating in an electoral campaign as a candidate for political office from the time you are accepted into the program through May 1, 2025. Selection decisions are currently scheduled to be sent in July and August 2024.
• You can commit to fully participating for the entire duration of the six-month program.

BENEFITS

Leaders participate in the following core elements as part of the program:

1. Weekly Virtual Video Calls: These live virtual sessions are the primary form of collective engagement. These connections, an average of four times monthly, offer a mix of new content (conversations with experts, introductions to leadership frameworks, skill-building, etc.) and interactive, small-group work in breakout rooms.
2. Monthly Community Groups: Leaders work in peer learning groups that encourage deeper relationship-building and peer-learning, and offer opportunities to reflect on case studies of prominent African leaders, or discuss open questions from the group sessions.
3. Individualized Leadership Coaching: Each Leader is paired with a coach to help them gain self-awareness, clarify goals, brainstorm ideas, achieve their development objectives, and unlock their potential.
4. Upon completion of the program, Obama Leaders will become part of the Obama Foundation’s Leadership Network—a growing community of civically active Obama Foundation program alumni who are creating tangible solutions to the greatest challenges of our time.

Apply through the OFFICIAL LINK